, 1887-07-10
A RUPTI0N IN HAWAII.
The People Rise in Their Might
Against Oppression.
Ministers Deposed and a New
Constitution Granted.
King Kalakua Crawfshes With
Ungracefnl Haste.
King KaIakua Troubled.

SAN Francisco, July 9.-The steam
ship Mariposa, which arrived from Aus
tralia this morning, having touched at
the Hawaiian islands, brings the import
ant information that the expected revolu-
ton in the Hawaiian kingdom has actu-
ally occurred.
DOWNFALL OF THE GIBSON MINISTRY.
The ~populace organized and demanded
the downfall of the ministry or the abdi.
cation of the king. The residents of
Honolulu and surrounding country have
assumed police powers of government,
the volunteer and military forces of the
kingdom Joining with them. AS a result
cabinet named by the people, headed by
William NJ. Green, has been appointed.
King Kalakua is permitted to remain on
the throne, although Invested of all pres
ent power, having acceded to the demand
for a new constitution, and to abide by
the will of the people.
A NEW CABINET oRMED
The king was thoroughly alarmed and
on July | called a meeting of the Ameri-
can minister, the British commissioner,
the French commissioner, and the Portu-
gese commissioner, to whom he offered to
transfer the pro TEN powers vested in
him as king. These officials refused to
accept the trust, but advised the king to
lose no time in forming a new cabinet
and constitution, which advice he fol-
lowed.
ASSUMING CONTROL.
The populace assumed control of the
affairs of the kingdom on June % and
were joined by the Honolulu rifles and
other hastily organized military com
panies. Patrols were established through.
out the city and guards placed over the
military armories. On the afternoon of
June 80 a mass meeting was held at the
armory of the Honolulu rifles, the meet
ing having been advertised by posters in
English, Hawaiian and Portuguese. Long
before the hour of the meeting the APP
proaches to the building were thronged
shops had been closed and all the APP
proaches to the palace were barricaded,
but the royal troops made no sign of
meeting the volunteer troops.
wv HUNDRED GUNS SEIZED.
On Friday, July l, the steamship Mar
iposa arrived from Australia, bringing 200
stand Of arms addressed to Gibson,
minister. These were seized by the
peoples committee and stored in the
armory of the Honolulu rifles.
II HONOLULU RIFLES UNDER ARMS.
Outside OF the armory the Honolulu
rifles were under arms. On the walls of
the armory, back of the platform, were
displayed the Hawaiian, American and
English flags and the meeting was ad-
dressed in the English and Hawaiian lam
guages, and a resolution was adopted de-
claring as follows: The administration
of the Hawaiian government has ceased
through corruption and incompetence to
adequately perform its functions and at
ford the protection to personal property
and rights for which all governments ex-
ist.''
A series of five demands were turned
over to a committee of thirteen, who
made their way to the palace and submit.
ted them to the king. He acceded readily
to all demands made by the committee.
News had already reached the palace and
the Gibson ministers at once wrote out
their designations.
THE NEW PRIME MINISTER.
After comforting with the representa-
hNCo VI lOlSlSu SONGluLlCulo Ou cull "
Kalakaua formally appointed William l..
Greene prime minister and minister of
foreign affairs.
GIBSON APPEALS o PROTECTION.
Before the meeting closed the fallen
minister Gibson sent a request for a guard
of Honolulu rifles to protect him at his
residence against a mob of native Ha-
waiians. Gibson is an American, and
has been at Hawaii for nearly forty
years. His career is well known.
GIBsoN ARRESTED.
Walter NJ. Gibson and his so~n-in-law,
H. Hayseiden, are under arrest, having
been seized by the civic troops when at
tempting to escape.
What course the revolution will now
take is not known. The answer of the king
was accepted as an absolute concession of
every demand made, and while there is
bitter expression of feeling against King
Kalakua, it was the belief when Mariposa
sailed that he would be allowed to con-
tinue on the throne, though fears were
expressed that Gibson and other members
of the ministry might 'ose their lives.
The next steamer from Honolulu will
be the Australia, to arrive next Wednes-
day, when more detailed information will
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